Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores
see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
Superfamily Macroscelidoidea
see Mirorder Macroscelidea Butler, 1956
Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews
Genus Macroscelides Smith, 1829 - short-eared elephant shrew
1 Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw, 1800) - short-eared elephant-shrew